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November 7, 2016 at 9:59 pm in reply to: The YAM Halifax #840450

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Well it’s an original turret but I don’t think it’s original to what it’s attached to…

November 7, 2016 at 7:23 pm in reply to: The YAM Halifax #840552

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RAF Museum’s undercarriage leg:

http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/results.do?id=128172&db=object&pageSize=1&view=detail

Nose perspex:

http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/results.do?id=134936&db=object&pageSize=1&view=detail

Now if they could combine the internal fittings with the IWM nose….

November 6, 2016 at 8:50 pm in reply to: The YAM Halifax #840739

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November 6, 2016 at 8:48 pm in reply to: The YAM Halifax #840745

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It sure is, you can see where they painted ‘Handley Page Halifax III’ onto it when it was displayed on Oxford Street in 1945.

November 6, 2016 at 8:08 pm in reply to: The YAM Halifax #840759

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Never mind the ‘complete’ Hendon Halifax, what about the Friday the 13th nose art? It’s unceremoniously stuck half way up a wall with no interpretation or signage and is flaking away

June 11, 2016 at 6:11 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #854069

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Was looking for something in the Roger Freeman collection and came across this with the caption ‘ P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford ‘

Yes, it’s a well-known photo..

May 24, 2016 at 10:05 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #863801

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Duxford Tuesday 24th May:

An unusual sortie today involved all four Classic Wings Tiger Moths and Spitfire PV202, all filmed from Robinson R44 G-CDSY. Time will no doubt reveal all.

Britain’s Got (fighter pilot) Talent..?

April 14, 2016 at 7:14 pm in reply to: Jobs to do with historic aviation #887052

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Follow the money. ie, get a proper job.

April 6, 2016 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #894215

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According to Roger Freeman, this is what the IWM originally wanted to squeeze/dangle in the AAM…

‘With a view to making this truly comprehensive […] the IWM […] made a request to the USAF Museum for a P-38, P-40, B-24, AT-6, F-4, F-5, F-15, F-16, F-18, F-111, A-10, C-130 and U-2. Seven of these types were still being sought when the American Air Museum in Britain was officially opened…’

!!!

April 3, 2016 at 12:02 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #896619

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Here’s a super rare shot of Big Beautiful Doll landing, taken from the opposite direction:

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April 2, 2016 at 11:35 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #896639

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Fair enough. This is Freeman’s complete caption for the photo:

“A long shot of 83rd Fighter Squadron P-51 Mustang ‘HL:F’ coming in to land with drop tanks still under its wings. The photograph was taken from the south-east side of the airfield, looking north-west across the head of the runway towards the 84th Fighter Squadron blister hangars and dispersal area. Beyond is the A505 main road. At the time Duxford had a single steel mat runway over turf. (C. Tom Bendorf)”

April 2, 2016 at 7:55 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #896848

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Almost. More like this

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There is a tower visible on the horizon which I believe you can still see on Google Earth here

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Imperial+War+Museum+Duxford/@52.1042733,0.1324886,235m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47d870963894862d:0x7c69bf53a1c0382d

April 2, 2016 at 7:19 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #896883

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This is roughly the same view today

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0882495,0.1490144,3a,15y,324.32h,88.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sW6yb7dPuLtjJby8Frcttvg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

April 2, 2016 at 6:34 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #896885

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The photo is in fact back to front. If you flip it horizontally in Paint it is the exact same photo of HL-F as seen in Freeman’s The Mighty Eighth in Colour.

The location is the SE side of the airfield looking NW. The A505 is in the distance.

March 25, 2016 at 1:11 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2016) #902486

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An American style military mess should be there or even a 1940s/1950s themed burger bar with background music of the time. I was told that would not happen as it would “stink the place out”, but with modern extraction systems, I think it would be far more inviting than what is there now. .

Perhaps it could extract the dust out as well…?
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